Fly swatter



March 12, 1935. 1 os-rERKAMP FLY SWATTER Filed Aug. 1l 1933 nvenlor Z @a s/zer/amh Q By @u l l s flllomey l Patented Mar. 1.2.,V 1935 UNITED STATES PATET orties FLY SWATTER `Leo Osterkamp, Cheviot, Ohio Application August 11, 1933, Serial No. 684,736 1 claim. (o1. 4x4-137)y g The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in fly swatters of the type in-v and reliable in use and which may be manufactured at low cost. l

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of the invention will become ap parent from a study of the following speciiication, taken in connection with the .accompanying drawing wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein: Y

Figure 1 is a view in top plan of a fly swatter constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a view in bottom plan of one end portion of the device.

Figure 3 is a view in side elevation of that portion of the device shown in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional view, taken substantially on the line 4 4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a detail view in elevation of the frame upon whichV the flexible rubber body is` mounted.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, it will be seen that one embodiment of the invention comprises a handle which is designated generally by the reference numeral 1, said handle being formed from a single piece of suitable wire bent upon itself in a manner to provide an elongated loop 2, and a pair of parallel side abutting legs 3. The legs 3 are welded together at space points, as at 4. At their outerends, the legs 3 are bent to provide, in conjunction with each other, a substantially triangular frame 5, said outer ends of the legs abutting each other and being soldered or welded together, as at 6 (see Figure 5).

The reference numeral 7 designates a flexible body of rubber in sheet form which is mounted on the substantially triangular frame 5 through the medium of integral ilaps 8. The ilaps 8 are folded diagonally on the upper portion of the rubber body 7 over the frame 5 and secured in any suitable manner, as by vulcanizing or by an adhesive, to said body 7 below the frame 5 and also within said frame 5. Each iiap 8 extends from the upper part of a side edge of the'body, before the ap is folded, with its upper edge forming a continuation of the upper edge of the body 7 and its other edge sloping downwardly and inwardly from its upper edge to the side edge of the body. The lower edges of the flaps 8 are inclined substantially from the body 7 to the free ends of said aps and merge with the upper edges thereof. It will thus be seen that when the flaps 8 are folded on diagonal` lines over the substantially triangular frame 5, Vvthe upper edges thereof extend kin parallel abutting engagement with each other along the longitudinal center of the body 7 and the inclinedV lower edges of said flaps con- Verge toward the free end of said body 7 in a point, as illustrated to advantage in Figure 1 of the drawing. The reference numeral 9 designates a rubber reinforcing strap which extends between the flaps 8 and which is vulcanized thereto within the frame 5. It will thus be seen that the flaps 8 constitute means for supporting and Vstiffening the intermediate portion of the rubber body 7 while leaving the side and free end portions of said rubber body free and comparatively flexible It is believed that the many advantages of a ily swatter constructed in accordance with the present invention will be readily understood, and

' although the preferred embodiment of the invention is as illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to which will fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed isz- A fly swatter comprising a handle formed of wire and having a substantially triangular shaped frame formed by the wire at one end thereof, an elongated rubber sheet having one end rounded and its other end straight, a pair of Iiaps formed with the side edges of the sheet at the fiat end thereof, each flap having a straight upper edge forming a continuation of the edge of said flat end and an inclined edge extending from the straight edge of the flap to the side edge of the sheet, the corners of said flat end of the sheet being folded over the frame with their adjacent edges abutting and the flaps extending from said folded corners over portions of one face of the sheet with their straight edges abutting at the longitudinal center of the sheet and their inclined edges converging from the side edges of the sheet to a point at the longitudinal center of the sheet and spaced from the rounded end of the sheet, said folded corners andthe flaps being fastened to the sheet by vulcanizing, and a strip K of rubber extending across the folded corner portions and located on those portions of the corner parts which cover the triangular frame.

LEO OSTERKAMP. 

